The Deluxe Wild Force Megazord is the first Megazord released as part of the Power Rangers Wild Force line. In Japan, the toy was known as the DX Gaoking from Gaorangers.

The Megazord consists of 5 Power Animals:

Red Lion

Yellow Eagle

Black Bison

White Tiger

Blue Shark

Each Power Animal contains a significant amount of diecast metal. The combined Megazord is really, really heavy. There is so much metal in it, that in Japan, the toy was included in the Chogokin line. The DX Gaoking has the Chogokin number GD-21.

The Wild Force Megazord is probably on of the best Megazords released, in my opinion. The toy is so old-school. It has loads of metal, with only articulation at the shoulders, elbows and wrists, with a classic robot style. The tail of the Blue Shark becomes a weapon that fits in the right hand.

The 5 Power Animals can combine to form the Wild Force Megazord, but the fun does not stop there. All the Wild Force Megazords, and several subsequent lines, share a common arm connector joint. This means you can connect the giraffe, the polar bears, the deer- any number of combinations can be made, provided you buy the additional animals.

In addition to Megazord mode, there is also a carrier mode, where the Bison unfolds to three times its length and carries the other Power Animals. Unfortunately, some of the Power Animals have no defined place to sit, so they fall off easily. There is a stand included to place the back two animals on (not shown).

So what is different between the US and Japanese version?

The Black Bison is missing some gold paint detail, and the Bison's horns are dull gold instead of gold-plated.

The toes of the White Tiger are not painted gold, and the tail is missing paint detail.

The Red Lion is missing paint on the teeth.

The Blue Shark seems to be made of a darker blue in the US version, and the gold plating on the sides has been replaced with dull gold paint.

That's all the changes as far as I know. This is a great robot toy, even if you are not a Power Rangers fan. A must-get toy.

Comments

I really don't understand how this can be considered a "great robot toy." Maybe if it had been released in the early '80s, but in 2002? Not a chance. It's an unposable brick of a toy, and Hasbro/Takara had just shown that combiners don't need to be that in RID/Car Robots. Hell, even the reuse of the old Combaticons molds were better than this lump.

By the way, I got this toy for free. I really can't suggest anyone spend actual money on it.

cross-compatibility with later released toy lines through the arm-swapping joints

-and Bandai really hasn't looked back since. Some say "GaoRanger"/"PRWF" was the death of the old-school design style of their respective franchises, and can be considered the beginning of a new era for them though this is not officially recognized.
I would agree that there was a significant shift around this time- coincidentally, for the new millennium- and that the designs of all mecha since 2000 are not as comparable to their predecessors as far as what they look like and their features.

While Transformers(TM) usually has more steps/detailed transformations, I find it hard to compare them to PR/Super Sentai because they are two completely different animals.
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I know this is an old article, but I just recently got into collecting megazords and mechas. I found my old Power Ranger Wild Force Megazord set(I have two sets). Ok one set I got in 2001 during the Time Force run as a kid(I asked my parents to get me the Time Shadow Zord and the Time Force Megazord, but never got them hah). Instead of getting the Time Force Zords for Christmas, I got Wild Force.

I didn't know what Wild Force was so I always thought it was from another country(I knew it wasn't a fake zord as my parents got it from Toy's r us in winter 2001) until Wild Force aired that spring(lol). My first Wild Force Zord set I got has a completely different color detail from my second set. My first set each Zord has a more metallic color look on each Zord(Metallic Red, Metallic Blue, Metallic Yellow, basically all the colors have a Metallic finish to them instead of the regular color finish.

The metal on the Tiger and Cheetah Zord doesn't look like the one in the picture above, the color on the metal shoulders have a more metallic look. I could never find someone with the same kind of Zord set as mine. I wonder if I got a rare release Zord.

In 2002, I asked my parents to buy me the Predazord and Kongazord for Christmas, but they mistakenly bought me the same zord again. This is when I notice it had a completely different more metallic look too it. My friends zords all have the same look on them as my second one and the one pictured above. I tried googling it and everything I can't find no pictures that match its look.

I would post pics, but my Wild Force Megazords and other Zords I had got as a kid was mistakenly sent to storage. I been looking at your videos and reviews and this jogged my memory.